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SCAM DOWN Program (SDP) — Hamilton, Ontario

Engineering robust defenses against digital cybercrime and AI-enabled fraud.

Protecting our youth and community through expert guidance, secure reporting, and proactive innovation. We bridge the critical protection gap with community-led defense.

The Crisis

The Urgent Need: A Silent Epidemic

We are engineering solutions to close the protection gap where 90–95% of digital cybercrime goes unreported. Our focus is urgent: protecting minors and citizens from a wide range of sophisticated threats, including: • Sextortion and financial extortion • Grandparents AI scams • Investment and crypto scams • Student-targeted schemes — tuition, scholarship, and lottery fraud • Immigration, rent, and job scams We provide the strategic framework to move from reactive mourning to proactive, community-led defense. This is about protecting our youth and our community from an industrial-scale epidemic of AI-enabled fraud — and we are here to change that.

How We Fight Back

Our Strategic Approach

SCAM DOWN Program (SDP) deploys a multi-layered strategy to combat digital cybercrime — combining the SDP Security Code System, evidence collection guidance, and global intelligence gathering to protect our community.

Free Legal Services

SDP Security Code System

A secure, privacy-first ID for confidential reporting to law enforcement. Protects your identity while ensuring your case gets the attention it deserves.

One-Time Financial Assistance

Evidence Collection Guidance

Expert guidance on preserving digital evidence securely so you can submit it directly to law enforcement, the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, or for minors — Cybertip.ca or Kids Help Phone — with confidence.

Evidence Collection Support

Global Anonymous Survey

Real-time data collection to track emerging digital threats and protect the most vulnerable. Intelligence gathered here shapes our prevention strategies.

Emergency Grants

Peer Support Navigation

Stress-coping education and guidance connecting affected individuals to licensed, professional healthcare resources and government-funded support programs.

Law Enforcement Support

Prevention Education

Professional workshops and training for individuals, businesses, schools, and community centres covering scam tactics, red flags, and cyber safety.

Prevention Education & Workshops

Community Referral Network

As an independent non-profit, SDP+ guides individuals to established government programs, healthcare services, housing support, and educational resources — ensuring every person finds the right help.

⚠️ Security Protocol — We do NOT accept phone calls from victims or non-victims.

Our phone line is strictly reserved for law enforcement, government agencies, and collaborating organizations. This is by design — the SDP+ Security System keeps all victims anonymous. To file a report or apply for funding: 1. Email us at scamdownprogramcases@gmail.com with your first name only — this protects you from anyone getting your information. 2. Preserve your evidence: screenshots, emails, phone numbers, text messages, Snapchat messages — across all platforms. You will submit these directly to the proper authorities. 3. You will receive an SDP+ Security Code. 4. Present your Security Code to police, the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, or for minors — report to Cybertip.ca or Kids Help Phone. Once you present your code, your information and evidence will be disclosed to those authorities through the secure system. SDP+ never asks victims for money. If anyone claiming to be SDP+ demands payment, stop contact immediately and report it.

Ready to report? Here's how to begin.

Due to our strict SDP Security System, we do not accept phone calls from victims or non-victims. This keeps you anonymous and your information secure. To report a scam and begin your case: 📧 Email scamdownprogramcases@gmail.com ✏️ Include only your first name 📎 Attach your evidence — screenshots, emails, phone numbers, text messages, Snapchat messages 🔒 You will receive an SDP Security Code 🚔 Present your code to police, the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, or for minors — Cybertip.ca or Kids Help Phone ⚠️ FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE — COMING SOON SDP's financial assistance program is currently being established. Victims who report today will be registered on our waiting list. All SDP services are available at no cost.

Our Impact & Our Standard

Built on collaboration, integrity, and community — not just numbers

SDP+ is an independent, newly launched community resource. Our impact will be measured through the collaborations we build, the individuals we guide to proper services, and the communities we strengthen. We work alongside — never within — law enforcement and government agencies. We always defer to their authority and follow their guidance. Our role is to educate, refer, and support — locally, nationally, and globally.

Local

Starting in Hamilton — expanding nationally

Canada+

Collaborating with law enforcement & government agencies

Global

Expanding to the United States and globally

#1 Goal

Setting the standard for fraud recovery organizations